Clothes Exchange, No.I

1887

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of an urban street scene. The image captures a busy street flanked by buildings on both sides. The street is bustling with activity, with various figures depicted in the foreground and midground. There are simple line drawings of animals walking along the street. The details are rendered in delicate and sketchy lines. The top right includes some signage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 16 × 24.1 cm (6 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8591

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 358, state ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased October 29, 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.  

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 287, ii/ii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 358, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly and a faint second butterfly to the upper left of it); on tab: (butterfly) imp; by later hands lower right on the verso: K287 II (the II superscript) (by Harold Wright?); Old Clothers Exhange Chelsea rare 6 / 6

Watermarks

PRO PATRIA

Wikidata ID

Q65022008

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